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RENTAGHOST |
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FIRST SHOWN ON TV IN 1976. |
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WHATEVER
HAPPED TO TIMOTHY CLAYPOLE, MISS POPOV AND DOBBIN THE PANTOMIME HORSE? |
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WRITTEN BY BOB BLOCK, RENTAGHOST
WAS FIRST SHOWN IN 1975, AND WAS ABOUT A GROUP OF GHOSTS TRYING
TO SET UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS. |
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IT WAS INITIALLY COMMISIONED
FOR ONLY 5 EPISODES. |
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SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FROM
"RENTAGHOST" WERE TIMOTHY CLAYPOLE (A MEDIEVAL COURT
JESTER), MISS POPOV (A GHOST WITH HAYFEVER), HAZEL MCWITCH (A
SCOTTISH GHOST) AND DOBBIN (A PANTOMIME HORSE). |
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WAS INITIALLY FILMED IN
BBC STUDIOS IN BIRMINGHAM AND LATER IN MANCHESTER. |
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THE 58TH AND FINAL EPISODE OF "RENTAGHOST" WAS SHOWN
IN 1984. |
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WRITER BOB BLOCK AND PRODUCER
JEREMY SWAN WENT ON TO WORK ON THE CHILDREN'S TV SERIES "GALLOPING
GALOXIES". |
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MICHAEL STANIFORTH, WHO
PLAYED TIMOTHY CLAYPOLE, DIED IN 1987. |
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EDWARD BRAYSHAW, WHO PLAYED
HAROLD MEAKER, DIED IN 1990. |
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SUE NICHOLLS WHO PLAYED
NADIA POPOV WENT ON TO PLAY AUDREY ROBERTS IN THE TV SOAP OPERA
"CORONATION STREET". |
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IN 2001, "RENTAGHOST"
CAME 12TH IN A CHANNEL 4 POLL OF THE 100 GREATEST KIDS TV SHOWS. |
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"BAGPUSS" WON
A BBC POLL TO FIND THE NATION'S FAVOURITE BBC CHILDREN'S TELEVISION
PROGRAMME OF ALL TIME. |
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CURRENTLY BEING SHOWN ON
THE CBBC DIGITAL CHANNEL AS PART OF THE TV SHOW "DICK AND
DOM IN DA BUNGALOW". |
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DOBBIN
SLEEPWALKING. |
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MISS
POPOV ALWAYS SNEEZING. |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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MICHAEL STANNIFORTH, WHO
PLAYED TIMOTHY CLAYPOLE, WROTE THE THEME TUNE. |
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THE ORIGINAL TITLE PLANNED
FOR "RENTAGHOST" WAS "SECOND CHANCE", BUT
THIS WAS NOT CHOSEN AS IT WAS THOUGHT IT MIGHT NOT APPEAL TO
CHILDREN. |
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CRIME WRITER, LYNDA LA PLANTE
APPEARED IN "RENTAGHOST" AS MISS POPOV'S COUSIN, MISS
NOVAK. |
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